IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Petrolia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN083006
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN083006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KX7706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22800
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.4591472
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6626361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2660 feet south and 1370 feet east of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX77061
    C1—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; firm; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX77062
    C2—51 to 137 centimeters (20.1 to 53.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX77063
    C3—137 to 203 centimeters (53.9 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # KX77064